I just saw the LIS unaired pilot for the first time. (Found it on iTunes) Personally I thought they put all their great ideas into the pilot, and it moved along way to fast. It felt very choppy. Thankfully, they redid the pilot, and slowly brought those original story elements out over a period of 5 or 6 episodes.

I laughed when the Lost In Space Logo appeared large on the screen and slowly moved backwards until it disappeared. Now I know where Lucas got THAT idea! And how funny all those years later Johnny Williams would end up scoring Star Wars with the same logo effect.

Last nights episode of VTTBOTS guest starred Ed Asner. (The Exile ) Great story with some clever writing. But what really stood out for me was Ed Asner's performance. Perhaps the best acting I've seen on Voyage thus far.

Question about the effects. When one is inside the observation room. Are the shots outside the window rear projection or blue screened? I don't see any matte lines so I don't think it was done with blue screen.

Question about the effects. When one is inside the observation room. Are the shots outside the window rear projection or blue screened? I don't see any matte lines so I don't think it was done with blue screen.

Back then it would have been rear projection.

The FX in Irwin Allen's TV shows were superb - the Lydecker brothers and LB Abbot were absolute geniuses. Some of the model work still stands up today, like the flying sub launch sequence in Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea and Jupiter 2 flying over alien landscapes in Lost In Space.

I was watching some LIS outtakes and old footage on YouTube and noticed several scenes from B&W episodes in color. Does this mean the entire series was filmed in color? If so, why aren't season one episodes rebroadcast in color?

I was watching some LIS outtakes and old footage on YouTube and noticed several scenes from B&W episodes in color. Does this mean the entire series was filmed in color? If so, why aren't season one episodes rebroadcast in color?

As I understand it, Irwin wanted to shoot the pilot episode in color, but 20th Century Fox wouldn't pay for the difference. So he just ordered the miniature fx to be filmed in color, with an eye toward possibly re-using them in future color episodes.

But that was only for the pilot. Miniatures for "The Derelict" were shot in black and white, which is painfully obvious later when they get re-used in S3 "Kidnapped in Space," crudely tinted blue.

I don't recall hearing of any live-action scenes from year 1 being in color.

@ ZapBrannigan- Thanks for the response. That would answer a lot. I think most of the shots I saw were Special Effects work. (Chariot, Cyclops, etc.) One other shot that stood out was a scene of the space pirates robot parrot sitting on Will's shoulder. It was a color shot. The episode was in B&W. Perhaps the robot parrot returned in a later episode?

Last night they broadcast "The Challenge" with Kurt Russel. I wonder if this is where Lucas got his light saber idea from?

In this episode John Robinson got to play "Zorro" as he was asked to finish the challenge with the alien boy's father. They fought with electrically charged sabers. They gave off sparks on contact and when John hit a tree it split it in half like butter! (very cool effects shot) when they hit a bolder it gave off an electrical blast. Pretty much acting like light sabers!

Are there any post production information available on Irwin Allen shows? Specifically pre-production designs or drawings for the spaceships, robots and other hardware on his shows? For example are there any early concept drawings for the LIS robot? There's a descent amount of material on Star Trek TOS, but I've never seen anything on Irwin Allen productions.

Are there any post production information available on Irwin Allen shows? Specifically pre-production designs or drawings for the spaceships, robots and other hardware on his shows? For example are there any early concept drawings for the LIS robot? There's a descent amount of material on Star Trek TOS, but I've never seen anything on Irwin Allen productions.

I didn't read all the posts, but is this confirmed? I know a company did some remastering tests to sell the idea to FOX. But I don't know if they got the go ahead, (finances) to actually do the entire series.